The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-24
4 Christian Festival of the
Knights Templar and Its
Incidents.
The Religious Observances of the
Day in Sedalia and the
Parade.
Banquet Tonight at Sicher's and
Closing Ceremonies.
The Queen City Full of Visitors
Notes and Memoranda
Of the Event.

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-casion could not have been selected
than the one we are now enjoying.
Holy Thursday, or Ascension Day,
under both of which names it is
known, is a feast-day in the Episcopal
and Catholic churches, observed with
appropriate and solemn ceremonies,
and the Knight Templars in Mason
ry, all over the world, pay due atten-
ton to the festival, with religious ex-
ercises in the churches or asylums.
The ascension of our Lord into Heav-
en- is an event commemorated in an
appropriate manner, wherever the
church is, and wherever Masonry has
planted itself.
st. Omer Commandery, No. II,
knights Templar, of Sedalia, with a
proper regard for the day, invited the
Sir Knights of Kansas City, indie
pendence, Jefferson City, Boonville,
Fayette, Clinton and other towns, to
join with them in the
ceremonies, and the response
to the invitation was general and
cordial. The visiting Knights began
to arrive early this morning from
every direction, and every train had
representatives, either in a body or
singly of the order.
The eminent commander of St.
Omer, o. A. Crandall, issued the fol-
lowing order yesterday, and it was OBJ
served to the letter:
Fist-Slr knights members of st. Omer
Commandery, will assemble at the Asylum
az 10 o'clock A. M. on Thursday, May I9
1887 in full uniform, to receive the visiting
communicates.
Second-All Sir Knights not members
of or attacked to visiting communicates,
will assemble at the Asylum of st. Omer
commandery at the corner Of Second d
In full uniform to prepare for devotional
semble at their respective headquarters.
Third-The lines will form on Second
Street, the right resting on Ohio, march
south on Ohio to Fifth Street, east on Fifth
to Washington Avenue, south on Washing
ton to Seventh Street, west on Seventh to
Missouri Avenue. south on Missouri to
Broadway, east on Broadway to Calvary
church.
Fourth Sir Knights will not be permitted
to appear in the ranks, or participate in
the banquet, unless in full dress uniform
with dark suits.
For the proceedings for this even
ing, the orders were, as follows:
Fifth-Sir Knights will assemble at
the parlors of Hotel Sicher at s o'clock
p. no. with their ladies. and In due time re-
pair to the banquet to be given at that
hotel.
Sixth-Tickets will be issued to each
Sir Knight for himself and lady, which
must be presented at the door of the
banquet hall.
In accordance with the above, at a
little before eleven o'clock, this morn
ing, the st. Omer commandry, under
charge of Captain General Sampson,
and headed by the Sedalia silver
cornet and reed band, L. E. Fremiel,
leader, proceeded from the head
quarters, corner of Second and Ohio
streets, to the depot, and drew up in
line at the corner of Ohio and the
railroad. The reception committee,
whose names are given elsewhere,
awaited, on the platform, the arrival
of the train from the west.
Oriental Commandery, 35, from
Kansas City, debarked first when
the lilo train pulled in, and were
accompanied by the Fl. Leaven.
worth Military Band, composed of
"a men, with T. @. Arnold as drum
major. This commandery number
ed SO men, and was accompanied by
fifteen or twenty lady friends or re-
latives of the Sir Knights. A splen-
did silk banner, elegantly embroid-
cred, was carried by them, which
elected much admiration. The Ire
verse side bore the notices: Gin
Hoe SigHo Vinces," and "Non nobis
domini tue da glorian."
Palestine Commandery, z, of In
pendence came in on the same train,
on q special car. This commandery
numbering 80 men, was in charge of
C. d. Mccoy, captain general, and
was accompanied by the Third Re
giment Band, of Kansas City, %
men, J. G. Parsons, leader, and A,
r. Berry, drum major. The beauti-
full banner carried by this comman-
derry is said to be one of the finest in
the west.
The visiting communicates were
formed into line and marched
from the depot to Ohio street, where
the St. Omer commandery, drawn
up in line, made the proper salute, as